It's OK to be glamorous, Mr Brown
Article Abstract:
UK Chancellor Gordon Brown seems to believe that he is sticking to the Labour party's puritanical line by refusing to wear a dinner jacket at the Lord Mayor's annual Mansion House dinner. He clearly thinks that he will be regarded as more workmanlike and productive if he wears an ordinary working suit and that he is showing allegiance with the working classes. In doing so, he is failing to recognize that to dress in a dull way is not necessarily to be serious. His stance does not help any sort of creed, and is merely an act of rudeness towards his host.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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Gore? It's been done before
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The short list for the 1998 Turner Prize clearly reflects the difficulties faced by young artists in the UK. Themes of rebellion seem to have been exhausted as the 20th century comes to an end, and young artists are adding very little to the theme of the body as the temple of the spiritual. The forms they are using are not really new, and have lost their element of surprise. There is no longer much interest in goriness, and it is now hard to develop much outrage.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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